Ecclesiastes 4:10
For if one falls, the other can lift up his friend. 2 However, sorrow follows the one who is alone when he falls 2 if there is no one to lift him up. 1
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9Two people work better than one; 2 together they can earn a good pay for their labor. 1
11If two lie down together, they can be warm, 2 but how can one be warm alone? 1
Cross References
Genesis 4:8Cain spoke to Abel his brother. It came about that while they were in the fields, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. + 4:8 The best ancient copies read in this way. However, some old translations and some modern translations read, Cain said to Abel his brother, “Let us go into the fields.” It came about that while they were in the fields, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him .
Exodus 32:21Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin on them?”
1 Samuel 23:16Then Jonathan, Saul's son, got up and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.
2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you out of the hand of Saul.
Job 4:3See, you have instructed many; 1 you have strengthened weak hands. 1
Luke 22:31Simon, Simon, be aware, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:8-13
The Vanity of Human Wishes. 7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is… Read the whole commentary →